In case you missed it, February 1st was the first ever “World Hijab Day,” designed to promote the requirement for women to wear a veil or headscarf called “Hijab.” The Hijab must cover a woman’s head and chest, beginning at the age of puberty, and must be worn in the presence of men outside of the woman’s immediate family.

The World Hijab day campaign claims the holiday was created “in recognition of millions of Muslim women who choose to wear the hijab and live a life of modesty.”

The movement that promotes a requirement resulting in “acid attacks,” beatings, imprisonment, and death, is being promoted with “smiles and happiness”:

Here are examples of its propaganda:

The irony is that more than half of Muslim women worldwide are illiterate and would not be able to read this sign:

In most Islamic countries Hijab patrols exist to punish women who do not wear their covering correctly. There is no such thing as being confident or empowered by wearing the hijab when punishment for not wearing it or wearing it incorrectly is brutality: acid attacks, beatings, prison or death.

In Iran, for example, women are publicly monitored according to strict hijab dress code. Basij militia police regularly patrol and legally target women in public, harassing, fining, beating, and arresting them—because they do not like how they are dressed.

Over the last decade, more than 30,000 women (including 12 year-old girls) have been arrested for violating Iran’s dress code, which does not apply to men.

Currently, extra-judicial enforcement of the hijab includes what human rights activists call “Vigilante Violence,” or acid attacks. Numerous incidents have been reported of unidentified men “flinging acid into the faces of women with whom they had no history of personal grudges.” Assailants claim they were defending hijab.

Not to mention the promotion of child marriages, which was praised in Canada, pointing out a 68-year-old Nigerian man’s marriage to a 14-year old girl on #WorldHijabDay:

Bethany Blankley is a political analyst for Fox News Radio and has appeared on television and radio programs nationwide. She writes about political, cultural, and religious issues in America from the perspective of an evangelical and former communications staffer. She was a communications strategist for four U.S. Senators, one U.S. Congressman, a former New York governor, and several non-profits. She earned her MA in Theology from The University of Edinburgh, Scotland and her BA in Political Science from the University of Maryland. Follow her @bethanyblankley facebook.com/BlankleyBethany/ & BethanyBlankley.com.